Sigmund Freud once wrote: “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come out later in even uglier ways. This can be seen in Georg Orwell's 1984, which depicts an all-powerful totalitarian society in which the government, known as the Party or Big Brother, has complete control over the people. Our protagonist, Winston, despises the Party and secretly rebels by writing his seditious thoughts in a secret diary. To rebel, he begins a secret relationship with Julie, another person who also despises the party, and joins the Brotherhood, a secret organization dedicated to overthrowing the Party, but is later captured by the Party. At first he resists but, faced with torture, Winston immediately betrays his lover, Julia. He gives up and accepts the Party's rule, winning the love of Big Brother. In the end, he gives up his fight for freedom and his love for Julia. Throughout the novel 1984, Orwell examines the relationship between love and freedom. In doing so, he suggests that they cannot survive in a repressive society, and attempting to fight it is a futile struggle. Near the beginning of the novel, Orwell depicts Winston listening to the song of a thrush. He writes, “But gradually the deluge of music drove all speculation from [Winston's] mind” (124). Here Orwell uses a metaphor to point out that freedom of expression is found everywhere in nature. This emphasis implies that to be free we must show our desire for freedom. To achieve this goal, we cannot be suppressed. Therefore, this passage reveals that freedom requires devotion, passion, and the absence of oppression. Just like the desire for freedom, the nature of obtaining love also requires certain conditions. Towards the middle of the card, Big Brother can only maintain his oppressive nature if people support him and do not support other beliefs, namely love and freedom. Throughout his novel, Orwell uses surprising style choices and figurative language to emphasize that in an oppressive society, neither love nor freedom can exist. Oppressive societies can only remain in power when they are lacking, because their survival depends on people's loyalty to the government, not to each other. This requires these governments to repress the love of love and freedom creates loyalty and trust among people. Without these two necessities, the government will remain in power and people will lose their purpose in life. This reveals that in today's world we are able to live freely and love only as long as the government allows us to do so. Works Cited Orwell, George 1984